Another tradition of the tournament became the invitation of chess legends: once again the young teams will be granted the honour of the presence of the 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov and the strongest Dutch chess player of the 70s and the 80s, Jan Timman.

An invitation was sent to the current world champion Magnus Carlsen, however he politely declined due to his preparation to defending his title against the Russian Sergei Karyakin. Hopefully, in the next, fifth, tournament the world champion will be present as well, whoever it might be.

The tournament organizers express sincere gratitude to the tournament’s friends: